Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

04 November 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:				BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				SPECTRIS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				SPECTRIS PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				03 Nov 2025
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:				5p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			4,941,842	4.97%	619,768	0.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			587,256	0.59%	4,890,362	4.92%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,529,098	5.56%	5,510,130	5.54%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
5p ordinary		Purchase		99,996		41.1403  GBP	41.0999  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		36,226		41.1400  GBP	41.0994  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,755	41.1127  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,566	41.0979  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31	41.0993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11	41.0994  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,659	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,143	41.1014  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,523	41.1039  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		314	41.1100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,562	41.1107  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		974	41.1122  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,979	41.1135  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		900	41.1171  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38	41.1244  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,138	41.0998  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,950	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,000	41.1005  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		202	41.1021  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,355	41.1051  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		275	41.1069  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		239	41.1090  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		74	41.1100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		103	41.1125  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		367	41.1147  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,531	41.1164  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,406	41.1177  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,248	41.1189  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		787	41.1193  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,237	41.1195  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		556	41.1200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,950	41.1204  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		236	41.1230  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	41.1232  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200	41.1243  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,082	41.1249  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		540	41.1352  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,321	41.1403  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		173	41.1076  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii)   the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				04 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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